A Summer World charts the incredible rise and precipitous fall of the Catskill resorts, from the pre-revolutionary period to the great days of the Borscht Belt.
Chronicles the attempt to build a jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the days of the ghetto to the rise and decline of the great resorts.
Language
English
Pages
276
Format
Kindle Edition
Release
November 21, 1989
A Summer World: The Astonishing History of the Jews in the Catskills -- the Borscht Belt -- from the 18th Century to the Present Day
A Summer World charts the incredible rise and precipitous fall of the Catskill resorts, from the pre-revolutionary period to the great days of the Borscht Belt.
Chronicles the attempt to build a jewish Eden in the Catskills, from the days of the ghetto to the rise and decline of the great resorts.